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CARDINAL CONNECTION’S FINE Cardinal Connection reacts to the news that they won the Student Government Association executive board election Tuesday. Cardinal Connection won with 1,441 votes.
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Ball State students develop music app
Emergency vote delays for 2 hours results of election |
ensions were high after two and a half hours of waiting for election results, when Cardinal Connection finally got the call saying they Rahissa Engle, Cardinal Connection secretary, embraces a supporter after winning the SGA election Tuesday. won the Student Government Association election. When the slate becomes the executive board at the end of April, Nick Wilkey will serve as president, Carli Hendershot as vice president, Rahissa separated Cardinal Connection Engle as secretary and Sidney Staples as treasurer. from Empower The close victory, with a difference of 81 votes, came after a meeting of the elections board that delayed the announcement of results and ended in a last-minute, maximum fine of $400 for Cardinal Connection. for Cardinal Connection The winning group had violated a rule in the elections code that prohibits slates from using university computing services to campaign within 24 hours of the election, said Alex Sventeckis, elections board chairman. for Empower Wilkey sent an email to Ball State University Dance Marathon committee members Monday afternoon, which is in violation of the elections code. However, Sventeckis declined to confirm that this was the specific violation.
Smart phone application allows friends to share music taste |
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A couple of Ball State students have launched an iPhone social media music application onto the market, but with extra emphasis on the “social” part. Want to buy the The app is Caktus, and its app? Go to the purpose is to let users share Apple Store here: the music they love with the bit.ly/1pqVTJS people they care about. Caktus users have access to a map that shows music that their Facebook and Twitter friends are listening to. It allows friends to share their current favorites whenever they like and as often as they like. “Caktus offers actual connections through music,” said Dane Regnier, one of the app’s creators. “We’re social first.”
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PEOPLE RECEIVE 11 CITATIONS FOR LIGHTING UP ON CAMPUS Cold makes student ignore ban, smoke inside residence hall despite cost of getting caught |
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With cold weather, more students are opting to ignore the on-campus smoking ban instead of braving the cold and snow to get off campus. Officials have issued total of 11 smoking citations since the ban was put in place in August, according to the Office of Students Affairs. During the warmer weather up until October, the university had issued two warnings, but no citations. During the warmer months, Gene Burton, director of public safety and University PoCONTACT US
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lice Department chief of police, said he received several complaints of students loitering and littering on Petty Road, which is west of campus. There also were complaints of students cutting through people’s yards and standing in the street just off campus. Burton said these complaints have decreased during the colder months, but would probably pick up again once the weather warms up. Sulemaan Alsheheree, a freshman education major, said he didn’t agree with the rule in the first place and this winter’s extreme cold has led him to ignore the ban outright. When he first came to Muncie, he was unaware of the ban until he was told to stop when smoking on campus. Alsheheree said he thought the person was kidding at first. Even after he found out about the rule, Alsheheree continued to smoke on campus.
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